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Today's mystery bird for you to identify
This North American mystery bird is often overlooked because it is shy and it closely resembles another North American speciesMystery Bird photographed at Quintana, Texas, USA. [I will identify this bird for you...
"Dramatic" New Pictures: Rare Javan Rhino Spotted
Javan rhinoceroses—possibly the rarest mammals on Earth—are among the animals recently snapped by camera traps in Indonesia's rain forests.
Fire ants spread around globe like, well, wildfire
In the past century, imported red fire ants have traveled the world and established colonies in far-flung places such as Australia and China, oceans away from their native range in...
The 7 best sci-fi films that never won the Oscar
Gallery: Always the bride's maid, never the bride, Sci-Fi still waits for a best picture award from Hollywood
German tech sector bullish before giant IT fair
Germany's high-tech sector is expected to register solid growth this year and next, creating thousands of jobs, its chief lobby group said Monday ahead of the giant CeBIT trade fair.
Advanced degrees add up to lower blood pressure
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Freshmen on the eve of finals and graduate students staring down a thesis committee may not feel this way, but the privilege of...
Mystery bird: red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus
This striking raptor has a nocturnal counterpart that fills the same basic ecological nicheRed-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus, also known as the red-bellied hawk, winter hawk, or the red-shouldered buzzard, photographed at Brazos Bend...
Birdbooker Report 159
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this is a weekly report about nature, science and history books that have been newly published in North America and the UKBooks to the ceiling, Books to...
Video: Monkey spooks "Saturday Morning" anchor
Ron Magill of the Miami Metro Zoo brought a few exotic animals to show Rebecca Jarvis and "The Early Show on Saturday Morning" viewers, including a mandrill, jaguar, and a...
Six Nations 2011: Stadio Flamino dig to reveal Roman 'City of the Dead'
After Wales took on Italy in Rome, archaeologists are poised to excavate a 2,000-year-old necropolis under the rugby stadiumThe archaeologist stares down into the enormous hole that edges up to the back of...
VIDEO: Protecting Mexico's buried treasures
Julian Miglierini visits the archaeological site at the ancient city of Teotihuacan to see some of the ancient relics that the country's government is trying to save from smugglers.
Shoes sprout flowers when planted
Cosmic Log: A pair of Dutch entrepreneurs have created a fully biodegradable shoe that will sprout flowers when planted at the end of their life.
A drought so severe, it dried up Lake Victoria
An expansive megadrought that parched ancient Africa and southern Asia about 16,000 years ago was one of the most intense and far-reaching dry periods in the history of modern humans,...
Alfred Russel Wallace by Tim Flannery
'Wallace was the greatest holistic thinker of his age and he deserves to join Darwin in the scientific pantheon'The theory of evolution by natural selection has two founders – Charles Darwin and Alfred...
First European Image of Mount Everest Discovered
What may be the earliest European representation of Mount Everest has been unearthed in the archives of Kew Gardens, just outside London.
Pictures: Otzi the Iceman's New, Older Face Unveiled
More Gandalf than Aragorn, the new face of "Ötzi," the famous Iceman mummy, is more wizened and weathered than previous reconstuctions.
Archive of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing preserved
(AP) -- Papers relating to codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing will go to a British museum after the National Heritage Memorial Fund stepped in to help buy them...
Bamiyan Buddhas once glowed in red, white and blue
The monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan once shone in glowing colors. Restorers have analyzed hundreds of fragments of the statues that were blow up by the Taliban. They have, for the...
Ancient Peruvian site forces experts to re-think past
Archeologists have discovered a group of ancient tombs in the mountainous jungle of southeastern Peru they say is as important as the discovery of the lost city of Machu Picchu.
Suspected fossil pops up in harvester
A family from western P.E.I. found a surprise buried in their potato harvest last fall - what appears to be a fossil as old as the Island itself.
How a sabretooth cat 'bit down'
An analysis of sabretoothed cat's jaws has shown how it evolved to cope with its enormous canine teeth.
Scientist at Work: Answering Questions About Island Species
Chris Filardi of the American Museum of Natural History answers readers' questions about his field work on the Solomon Islands.
Will America's 'Sputnik moment' fizzle out?
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Congressional budget-cutting could ground White House efforts to respond to a "Sputnik moment" in international high-tech competition.
US scrambles to dig out of a rare earths hole
In the Mojave Desert just off Interstate 15 on the way to Las Vegas, workers are digging for dirt that may be worth far more than a casino full of...
Ice Age Child Found in Prehistoric Alaskan Home
A newfound Alaskan cremation site may offer clues to how the first Americans lived—and where they came from.
Ancient fossil sheds light on early evolution of body armor
‘Walking cactus’ appears to have been first of its kind to stride on bendable, hard-covered legs
Microsoft shows off 3D and NUI technology (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Craig Mundie, the number two man over at Microsoft gave journalists a sneak peek at the newest bit of technology to come out of Microsoft Labs.
Florida State University Expert Sources on Unrest in Middle East and North Africa
As demonstrations continue in the Middle East and North Africa, Florida State University experts are available to answer media questions and provide historical perspective on these unprecedented events.